Are we ready for more extreme hazards?

Registrations are now open for the 12th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference in Canberra at the Australian Institute of Sport from 17 to 19 June, hosted by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.

With an invigorated concept for 2019, this conference will explore the massive impacts of a rolling series of natural hazards - a scenario that is neither unprecedented nor unlikely.

Conference participants will consider whether by the year 2035 – with climate extremes, demographic shifts and an increased reliance on new technologies – our current state of knowledge in natural hazards is adequately preparing us for extreme weather impacts of a scale beyond our current experience.

The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC is inviting representatives from government (local, state and federal), community and volunteer groups, health, insurance, finance, essential services and emergency services agencies to be involved.

The conference will kick off with a scene-setting opening on the Monday evening and feature guest speaker Rob de Castella AO MBE, Director of the Indigenous Marathon Foundation. The champion marathon runner and former Director of the Australian Institute of Sport will speak to the role of sport in community recovery from natural hazards, drawing from his personal experiences of recovery after the Canberra bushfires of 2003.

The two-day conference program – to be released this month – features keynote presentations, topic experts and facilitated break-out sessions, however this conference is a little different: the program is designed so your participation and contribution is essential, and places are limited to promote discussion and debate.

Register to secure your place today.

The 12th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference is supported by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, and the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, which is part of the International Science Council and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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